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27-03-2011, 20:23
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
I'm a stones throw from there; creepy. That picture in the NBC piece is from the boat launch ramp. Maybe they were using that for the rescue area.
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27-03-2011, 20:30
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
What a tragedy... how does a 35 ft boat capsize in San Diego Harbor? Just curious... Capt Phil
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27-03-2011, 20:39
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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What a tragedy... how does a 35 ft boat capsize in San Diego Harbor? Just curious... Capt Phil
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There was a guy a couple of years ago that needed to get towed in because he couldn't get his chart plotter to read the data card. He didn't know how buoys work, was on a ~45' sailboat, and had a bunch of people on board.
No idea what happened to these folks. The wind was maybe topping out at 10 knots today. No rain, all in all a nice day on the water.
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27-03-2011, 20:48
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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Originally Posted by rebel heart
There was a guy a couple of years ago that needed to get towed in because he couldn't get his chart plotter to read the data card. He didn't know how buoys work, was on a ~45' sailboat, and had a bunch of people on board.
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During the fog, I heard that people are calling in regularly to be towed in, as they are unable to use their GPS and radar to navigate in......
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27-03-2011, 21:23
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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During the fog, I heard that people are calling in regularly to be towed in, as they are unable to use their GPS and radar to navigate in......
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Oh I believe you on that, but this was crystal clear night time, and the SD channel buoys go out several miles. Just a guy with more boat than he should have been handling.
When I was very young and very dumb I brought a boat down from LA to SD with no charts / gps / clue on how to navigate. All I had was a depth sounder so I stayed in 50' of water until I found a pier, and yelled up to the fishermen on the end to tell me what the next harbor was and how much further.
I leave stories like that off my nautical resume, but anyone who wasn't an idiot at some point in their sailing career is a liar.
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27-03-2011, 22:07
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
I do not know if the picts are accurate... but.. if so, does it look like there is no keel?
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27-03-2011, 22:11
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
I was thinking no keel too. We drove past at about 5pm and the weather was just perfect, nothing that would have knocked over a 35 boat whatever the skill level of the operators.
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27-03-2011, 22:13
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
Where the heck did the keel go? lol
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27-03-2011, 22:22
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
The first picture looks solid blue and doesn't look like a bare spot of paint. To me it would suggest there wasn't a keel. Maybe it's just the angle the picture was taken. Or maybe there was one and it fell off?
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27-03-2011, 22:31
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
Maybe it was a power boat and the news people have no idea what they're talking about.
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28-03-2011, 01:20
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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Originally Posted by rebel heart
When I was very young and very dumb I brought a boat down from LA to SD with no charts / gps / clue on how to navigate. All I had was a depth sounder so I stayed in 50' of water until I found a pier, and yelled up to the fishermen on the end to tell me what the next harbor was and how much further.
I leave stories like that off my nautical resume, but anyone who wasn't an idiot at some point in their sailing career is a liar.
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Rebel Heart, potentially stupid question from novice here. What would you do differently now. Would you simply not go anywhere without GPS / Charts? Cheers
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28-03-2011, 06:11
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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28-03-2011, 06:49
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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Originally Posted by rebel heart
When I was very young and very dumb I brought a boat down from LA to SD with no charts / gps / clue on how to navigate. All I had was a depth sounder so I stayed in 50' of water until I found a pier, and yelled up to the fishermen on the end to tell me what the next harbor was and how much further.
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Navigation by following depth contours is hallowed and respected method.
Now if you had only had a chart . . .
But still I think you're being somewhat hard on yourself.
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28-03-2011, 06:59
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Re: 2 Dead, 7 Hurt in SD Sailboat Accident
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